The term of office of the newly elected Legislative Council Members will begin on 1 October 2012 and last for four years.

Composition
(70 seats)
- 35 members to be returned from Geographical Constituencies
- 35 members to be returned from Functional Constituencies

Geographical Constituencies (“GCs”) (35 seats)

(1)

Hong Kong Island

7 seats

(2)

Kowloon West

5 seats

(3)

Kowloon East

5 seats

(4)

New Territories West

9 seats

(5)

New Territories East

9 seats

Voting system: List system of proportional
representation

Functional Constituencies (“FCs”) (35 seats)

(1)

Heung Yee Kuk*

1 seat

(2)

Agriculture and Fisheries*

1 seat

(3)

Insurance*

1 seat

(4)

Transport*

1 seat

(5)

Education

1 seat

(6)

Legal

1 seat

(7)

Accountancy

1 seat

(8)

Medical

1 seat

(9)

Health Services

1 seat

(10)

Engineering

1 seat

(11)

Architectural, Surveying and Planning

1 seat

(12)

Labour

3 seats

(13)

Social Welfare

1 seat

(14)

Real Estate and Construction

1 seat

(15)

Tourism

1 seat

(16)

Commercial (first)

1 seat

(17)

Commercial (second)

1 seat

(18)

Industrial (first)

1 seat

(19)

Industrial (second)

1 seat

(20)

Finance

1 seat

(21)

Financial Services

1 seat

(22)

Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication

1 seat

(23)

Import and Export

1 seat

(24)

Textiles and Garment

1 seat

(25)

Wholesale and Retail

1 seat

(26)

Information Technology

1 seat

(27)

Catering

1 seat

(28)

District Council (first)

1 seat

(29)

District Council (second)

5 seats

Voting systems: Different voting systems apply to different FCs, namely (a) for the 4 special FCs (marked with * ), the preferential elimination system of voting; (b) for the District Council (second) functional constituency (“DC (second) FC”), the list system of proportional representation; and (c) for the remaining 24 ordinary FCs, the first-past-the-post voting system.

All GC electors who are not registered in the 28 traditional FCs are automatically registered in the DC(second)FC, unless they elect not to be so registered.

An elector already registered in one of the 28 traditional FCs (except for the 4 special FCs and District Council (first) FC) may change registration to become an elector for the DC(second)FC. At any one time, a person can only be registered in one FC.

Who can vote?

Registered electors whose names have been included in the 2012 Final Register of Electors may cast their votes in the election.

Where to
vote?

Each elector and authorised representative will be assigned to a designated polling station near his/her residential address registered in the Final Register of Electors.

A poll card showing information about the designated polling station of an individual elector or authorised representative will be issued to him/her before the polling day.

Elector or authorised representative with a disability may apply to the Registration and Electoral Office to vote at the designated special polling station in writing or by telephone not later than 4 September 2012.

Present your HKID card to the polling staff inside the polling station who will verify your personal particulars against the Final Register of Electors.

You will be given 1, 2 or 3 different ballot papers, depending on your entitlement, and a paper board together with a chop bearing a"". A black pen will also be given to an elector or authorized representative of the four special FCs.

You should mark your ballot paper(s) inside a voting compartment. Please follow the instructions given by polling staff and printed on the ballot paper(s) and on the notices inside the voting compartment. For example, as a GC and a FC (except the four special FCs) elector, you should only use a chop provided by polling staff to mark a "" in the circle of the list of candidates or opposite the name of candidate of your choice.

If you have made any mistake in marking the ballot paper, please return it to the Presiding Officer and ask for a replacement.

After marking a ballot paper:
(a) a GC elector should fold it inward once to conceal the "" mark and then put it into the blue ballot box;
(b) a DC (second) FC elector should similarly fold the ballot paper inward once and then put it into the white ballot box; and
(c) an elector of the other FCs should not fold the ballot paper. He/She should turn it face down and insert it into the red ballot box.

Checklist
for Electors

Do NOT solicit or accept any advantage (including money, gift, etc.), food, drink or entertainment from any person for not voting at an election, or voting or not voting for a particular candidate or a particular list of candidates.

Do NOT use or threaten to use force or duress to influence anyone's voting decision.

Do NOT vote in the election knowing that you have provided false information when registering as an elector or you are not eligible to vote in the election.

Do NOT communicate with other electors including showing your vote on the ballot paper to others or use mobile telephones or any other device for electronic communication within a polling station.

Do NOT film, take photographs or make any audio or video recording within a polling station.

Do NOT ask other electors to mark your ballot paper – in case of need, you may request the Presiding Officer to mark your ballot paper in the presence of a polling officer.